Topic: Alex Higgins -snooker legend

[macmac]

Alex Higgins has died ,how sad he inspired me to watch snooker probably his own worst enemy but a joy to watch R.I.P. :-*

[Paulines7]

I liked him too and was sorry to hear of his passing.  A real legend.

[lorna]

I am a great snooker fan, I played competitive snooker in my teens. When Alex came on the scene he just made the game so exciting, a genius in my opinion. So sad to see his decline at such a young age, RIP Alex.

[rosebud]

How sad he died so alone, he gave us all such pleasure watching him.
God Bless him, may he rest in peace.

[valmarg]

He brought a breath of fresh air to snooker.  When you watched the boring Cliff Thorburn, and Steady Eddy, he really livened the game up, and made it watchable.

I remember the snooker finals which were interrupted by the siege of the Iranian Embassy, and the jokey headline that Alec Higgins smoked more Embassies than the SAS.  Sadly it was the ciggies that kiled him.

A sad loss, and he really livened up the game.

valmarg

[manicscousers]

I remember him playing when his leg was in plaster, he made me laugh, it's a sad loss  :-\

[PurpleHeather]

As an entertainer he was the bees knees. I remember him on the old 'Pot Black' it was a laugh. Total entertainment.

Snooker got serious when Steve Davis started to win everything, Nothing against Steve, he was brilliant as a player.

We got some free tickets to watch early rounds of a tournament some years ago.

We got in, reasonably early but the area where Alex was playing was full. The rest of the area had only a token number of people watching.

My view is that Alex got the interest in snooker going and those super stars today are only able to get the fantastic prize money available because of the interest Alex gave the sport to start with.

Not an easy man out of the arena to get on with. He had a passion on the table and a temper off it, the fags and booze took their inevitable toll. I am glad that I had the privilege to watch him play in his prime. RIP

[cornykev]

I used to love watching Alex and Jimmy White, I wouldn't bother watching these days.  :( :( :(